Winds are likely to remain strong through midnight before diminishing across western Minnesota. By daybreak, the highest winds will be in far eastern Minnesota and Wisconsin.

The Rapid Update Cycle Model perhaps is overdoing this a bit with arctic air, but temperatures will be bitterly cold as you head out on Thursday. Surface pressure, wind and temperatures at 6 a.m. Thursday.

Details will be laid out on Thursday, but the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Weather Prediction Center has increasing probabilities of up to four inches of snow south of the Twin Cities.

Many are wondering about the light at the end of the tunnel. It’s still looking pretty dim as we head into next week. There are signs of a wrinkle in the arctic jet that will allow temperatures to climb a tad in the middle of next week.

Low temperatures on Wednesday at still likely to be below zero in the north.

About the blogger

Craig Edwards began his forecasting career with the National Weather Service in 1972 and served for 15 years as the chief meteorologist in the Twin Cities for NOAA, retiring in 2006. He’s been the game day meteorologist for the Minnesota Twins since baseball moved outdoors at Target Field in 2010. Edwards is author of “Nature’s Messenger” and a speaker on climate change in Minnesota.